I celebrated Canada Day in the nation’s capitol, Ottawa from one of the most beautiful properties in the world, Fairmont Chateau Laurier. It would have been amazing to celebrate Independence Day in the US capitol but maybe I’ll add that to the list for next year. As for today, we celebrated with a few neighborhood friends and now with Athena off to bed I’m settling in for the night and missing the evening festivities. I think as a way of “seeing” more fireworks I’ll share a few of my favorites from Ottawa. If you’ve missed them on Canada Day and you’re not going to get a chance to celebrate this evening, just have a look at a few of the pictures and take a minute to celebrate with me.
On this year’s bucket list, I decided to add visit Ottawa on Canada Day. I contacted Tourism Ontario and Tourism Ottawa and was lucky enough to be able to work with them. When I arrived in Ottawa, I received a package from the front desk clerk at the hotel. As part of my media package, I was invited to the rooftop of Chateau Laurier to watch the fireworks. I didn’t think I would ever even step foot in Chateau Laurier so watching fireworks as a media representative from the rooftop, the best view in the country, was like a Cinderella dream come true.
I’ve often thought about what my life has become… traveling to new countries, interacting with unique cultures, discovering things I didn’t know existed, and diving into extreme adventures. But sometimes my wildest dreams are even restrictive. I would never have imagined myself watching the celebration from atop one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Chateau Laurier is fit for a real-life Cinderella story.
Bucket List Publications 
Lovely photos.
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Gorgeous pictures. It’s good to see fireworks today, for in the south (Georgia) it was a rain out. Lucky you!
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The photos are fabulous. Thanks for sharing. I am amazed on how much “touring / visiting” you’ve been able to accomplish with a toddler. Yay.
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It’s so inspirational!
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Gorgeous shots Lesley!!
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Oh Canada our home and native land…
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I love fireworks photos 🙂
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Awesome photos and cute baby 🙂
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Great shots.
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Wow! How thrilling!!!! Gorgeous photos!!!! Thanks for sharing!
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Lovely Pics!
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Thanks for sharing! 😀
Lovely!
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Gorgeous pictures! We saw fireworks as well but we didn’t have an amazing view like you did lol. We watched fireworks from a Dollar General parking lot lol!
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That’s the great thing about fireworks… everywhere is a great view 😉
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🙂
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I have thought about what your life has become too… it really is amazing Lesley! So wonderful!
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Amazing photos!
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Wow!!! Beautiful photos!!! ~Sophia
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Loved your photography even if it made me feel guilty about not driving to Tahoe for our Fireworks.
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Glad you could spend the eve in Ottawa, my adopted town. I was in Toronto myself! But a few years ago I watched the fireworks from a suite in the Chateau Laurier and the evening was spectacular!
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Great photos.
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Wonderful photos!
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Loved this post!
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Thank you, Lesley and #BulaFijiAirways!
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Nice, I stayed home this year.
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Great shots; makes me think of my own visit to your beautiful country, I’m one step closer to going back!
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This year I tried to photograph fireworks because my husband wasn’t home. My first time. I wasn’t as successful as you.
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Amazing beautiful pictures!
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Wonderful photos! I love your blog. Thanks so much for liking our article.
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Hi Lesley!
I love the post. That was great being up on top of the roof. I see no one else gets to go there otherwise. I used to get to go to the roofs & see a lot of the city of where I worked when I was a union ironworker. We were there from start to finish on steel buildings & also when moving from job to job & employer to employer. It was great to see a lot of sites that otherwise wouldn’t know were there at all. Thanks & have a great day!
Rodney
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